Gasoline is in short supply, rationing at over $17/gal. Aqualene will cost less than a dollar if Adam Harlow can get his formula to NASA before Big Oil gets to him first! A murder outside his makeshift lab in underground Seattle suggests the young mineralogist knows too much, and his troubles have just begun. Follow Adam through a maze of thrill and intrigue to see how he fares against a ruthless oil baron determined to rule world markets!